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Modern Auto-Sleepers Nuevo based on a Peugeot Boxer chassis. Like most British based motorcaravan manufacturers, its vehicles are based on van chassis supplied by major motor manufacturers, including the Peugeot Boxer and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter; the Ford Transit based conversions were dropped in 2010, and the Volkswagen LT conversions for model year 2017.
On occasion, other synonyms are used, such as motor home and motor caravan. In Germany, a motorhome is referred to as a Wohnmobil. In Sweden, the term husbil means motorhome. In France, a motorhome is called a camping-car. In Italy, the term camper is used to mean motorhome in general, and the term motorhome refers to Class A motorhomes in ...
The first steam-driven motorhome was the Quo Vadis (France,1900) and the first gasoline-driven motorhome was the Passe Partout (France, 1902). [11] The first recorded powered motorhomes in America were the 'camp cars' of Roy Faye and Freeman Young of 1904–06 (a 1904 Rambler , 1905 Thomas Flyer and 1906 Matheson ).
The GMC Motorhome is a recreational vehicle that was manufactured by the GMC Truck & Coach Division of General Motors for model years 1973–1978 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA — as the only complete motorhome built by a major auto/truck manufacturer. Manufactured in 23 and 26 ft (7.0 and 7.9 m) lengths, the design was noted for its front-wheel ...
Swift was founded in 1964 by Ken Smith. [1] The company started with the single Swift brand of caravans, based on a distinctive tri-front window design (all of which opened – unique at the time), which also allowed easy see through to the rear for the driver whilst travelling.
The Holdsworth Motorhomes Company was a UK-based campervan conversion company running from 1968 to the mid-1990s, founded by Richard Holdsworth. [1] It was one of the first UK campervan conversion companies, developing to hold contracts with British Leyland for the Sherpa , and the first UK company to hold approval from Volkswagen .
Auto-Trail is a British motorhome manufacturer, established by Bill Boasman and Barry Holmes in 1982. [1] As of 2022, the company employed around 200 staff members at its manufacturing site in Grimsby , Lincolnshire .
Timothy Wardley - MD Land & New Homes (1 July 2022) [8] Steven Lamb - Chief Information Officer (1 January 2021) The company's headquarters, support services and contact centre are in Colchester, Essex.